Railroad tie and fastener



@Hozucq s. MALICZISKI. RAILROAD TIE AND FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, |921.

PatentedAug. 23,1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STIVE MALICZISKI, OF JERSEY CITY, "NEW JERSEY,

RAILROAD TIE AND FASTENER.

Application 'lled May 23,

T 0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, STIVE MALIGZISKI, a citizen of Ukraine, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties and Fasteners, of which the following is aspeciication.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in railroad ties and fasteners and has particular reference 'to clamping blocks slidably associated with a tie for engaging' the base anges and web of a rail to hold the same rigidly supported on a tie.

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a tie and rail fastener wherein the fastening devices for the rail are slidably associated with a tie with bolt anchored blocks engaging the fastening devices for holding the same in rigid engagement with a rail.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved type of rail tie and fastener wherein rack bars carried by the fasteners that are slidably associated with the tie areengaged by a manually operable pinion for moving the fastening devices in a direction toward each other for engagement with a rail mounted upon the tie, ya latch device carried by the tie engaging the rotatable pinion to hold the same against movement with the rail engaging clamps in locked position, additional locking blocks being provided and set within the tie for engaging the fastening devices.

lVith the above general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

1n the drawings,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view of a tie with the rail supported thereon, and illustrating the fastening devices and tie 'construction lbuilt in accordance with the present invention, v

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same sho-wing the anchoring blocks for retaining the rail engaging fasteners in operative position,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

1921. serial No. 471,723.

taken on line III-III of Fig. 1 showing the bearing in the tie for the pinion that .shifts theV rack bars carrying the rail engaging clamps, y p

i1g. 4 is a cross sectional View taken on line IV-IV of Fig. 1 showing in elevation, the anchoring block seated within the tie,

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional View taken on line V-V of Fig. 1 showing the engaging ratchet face of the tie and ratchet face of the bolt head for securing the anchoring block in position,

Fior. 6 is a cross sectional view taken on line FTI-VI of Fi 1 showing the interlock-ing connection etween the rail engaginfr clamp or fastening member and the tie.

1ig. 7 is a cross sectional view taken on line VII-VII of Fig. 1 showing the pinion carried by the tie for shifting the rail engaging clamps and the latch carried by the tie for holding the pinion against movement,

Fig. 8 is afragmentary side elevational view partly in section, of a modified construction of rail tie and fastening member and I Fig. 9 is a yvertical sectional view taken through the anchoring block shown in section in Fig. 8.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings and particularly to Figs. 1 to 7 there is illustrated a tie 1 constructed of any suitable material having a relatively long recess 2 adjacent each end thereof for supporting the fastening devices for a rail 3. The upper side walls of the recess 2 intermediate their ends carry inwardly directed shoulders 4 as shown in Figs. 2, 4, 6, and 7 with undercut faces 5, the shoulders Vbeing connected by a central transverse vthe upper face thereof beveled as at 12 for engagement with the undercut face 5 of the shoulder 4 while the inner adjacentfaces of the extensions 1.1 are provided with rack teeth 13. As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, a shaft 14 is journaled at the upper and lower ends thereof in the web 6 and bottom Wall of the tie 1, the shaft having secured thereto between the web and bottom wall, a pinion 15, the lower end of the shaft extending into the bottom socket 16 and having a wrench head 17 upon the end thereof toL effect rotation of the pinion', the pinion engaging the rack portions 13 o f the rail clamp extensions 11.` To hold the pinion 15 against rotation, a latch 18 is pivotally supported in the bracket 19 carried by one side of the web 6, and access to the latch is obtained through the bottom opening 20 in the tie.

Anchoring blocks are mounted in the opposite Vends of the recesses 2 for engaging the body portions 7 of the rail clamps' for coperating with the latch device for holding the clamps against movement, the anchoring blocks being designateolby the reference character 21 and having a central opening therein for the passage of the bolt 22, the lower end thereof extending through a slot 23 in the bottom wall of the tie, the slot communicating with an elongated socket 24'to accommodate the head 22 of the bolt. Theupper faces of the wallsof the 'socket 24 at opposite sides of the slot 23 are provided with rack teeth 25 that are engaged by rack teeth 26 formed on the inner face of the bolthead 22, the bolt being secured at its upper end by the nut 27 threaded thereon and engaging the upper face of the block 21.

In the operation of the device, the rail 3 is set upon. the tie to rest on the web portion 6 and by applying a suitable wrench to the head 17 of the shaft 14, the pinion 15 is rotated and by its engagement with the rack teeth 18 of the oppositely positioned rack bari-iV 11 carried by the rail engaging clamps, with the latch'18 disengaged from the pinion by a suitable instrument inserted through the bottom opening 20 in the tie, the rail engaging clamps are caused to move toward .each other with the clamp flanges l10 engaging the webs and base flanges of the rail as illustrated in Fig. 1. When so positioned, the latch 18 is permitted to drop between adjacent teeth of the pinion15 to prevent rotation of theA pinion and movement of the rail engaging clamps. The anchoring blocks 21 are then vplaced in the ends of the sockets 2 with the ratchet faces upon the upper wall of the socket 24 and the bolt head 22 in engagement, the blocks being moved to engagement with the body portions 7 of the rail engaging clamps by tightening the nuts 27 upon the bolts 22, the blocks 21 are anchored in position for cooperation with the latch 18 to prevent movement of the rail engaging clamps. To remove the rail from the tie, the anchoring blocks 21 are first disengaged from the tie and upon releasing the latch 18 from the pinion 15, the pinion may be rotated to cause an outward movement of the rail engaging clamps, as will at once be obvious. By the interlocking connection between the rail engaging clamps and the tie, the ,clamps are prevented from vertical movements relative to the tie, thus insuring the rigid mounting of the rail upon the tie.

A modified form of the invention is shown in Figs. 8 and 9, wherein the tie 28 support-s a rail 29 with a socket portion 30 in the upper face of the tie at each side of the rail. The inner adjacent ends of the sockets are beveled as at 31 illustrated by dotted lines in F ig. -9ifor engagement with the beveled side wallsI of the base portion 32 of the rail engaging clamp 33, the said walls atthe outer ends of the sockets being perpendicular as indicated at 34 in Fig. 9. The base portions of the rail engaging clamps 38 are inserted in the outer ends of the sockets and move inwardly thereof toward the rail 29 to cause the beveled walls upon the clamp portion to engage the beveled walls 31 of the socket 30, thereby providing an interlorl-:ing connection between the tie and rail engaging clamp. Anchoring blocks 35 are positioned in the outer ends of the sockets S0 and secured therein by screw bolts 36 passing through the blocks 35 and threading into the tie 28.

lVhile there are herein shown and described the preferred embodiments of the invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit Vand sxope of the invention as claimed.

wWhat is claimed as new is:

1. A rail tie and fastener of the type described comprising a tie having a recess formed therein and a rail supported on the tie above said recess, rail'engaging clamps slidably and interlockinglyVV mounted in said recess, rack bar extensions carried `by said rail engaging clamps lying in spaced overlapped relations adj arent the opposite walls of the recess, a pinion journaled in said tie in engagement with said rack bars forvshif ting the rack bars and the rail engaging clamps carried thereby for engagement with the rail.

2. A rail tie and fastener of the type dethe rail and means for holding the pinion against movement With the rail engaging clamps in locked position. i

3. A rail tie and fastener of the type described comprising a tie having a recess formed therein and a rail supported on the tie above said recess, rail engaging clamps slidably and interlockingly mounted in said recess, rack bar extensions carried by said rail engaging clamps lying in spaced overlapped relations adjacent the opposite Walls of the recess, a pinion journaled in said tie in engagement With said rack bars for shifting the rack bars and the rail engaging clamps carried thereby for engagement with the rail, and means carried by said tie engaging said pinion for holding the rail engaging clamps in locked position.

4. A rail tie and fastener of the' type described comprising a tie having a recess formed therein and a rail supported on the tie above said recess, rail engaging clamps slidably and interlockingly mounted in said recess, rack bar extensions carried by said rail engaging clamps lying in spaced overlapped relations adjacent the opposite Walls of the recess, a pinion journaled in said tie in engagement With said rack bars for shifting the rack bars and the rail engaging clamps carried thereby for engagement With the rail and a latch carried by said tie engaging said pinion to hold the same against movement with the rail engaging clamps in locked position.

5. A rail tie and fastener of the type described comprising a tie having a recess formed therein and a rail supported on the tie above said recess, rail engaging clamps slidably and interlockingly mounted in said recess, rack bar extensions carried by said rail engaging clamps lying in spaced overlapped relations adjacent the opposite Walls of the recess, a pinion journaled in said tie in engagement With said rack bars for shifting the rack bars and the rail engaging clamps carried thereby for engagement with the rail, and an anchoring block interlocked with the tie engaging the outer face ofthe rail engaging clamp.

6. A rail tie and fastener of the type described comprising a tie having a recess formed therein and a rail supported on the tio above said recess, rail engaging clamps slidablyand interlockingly mounted in said 7. A rail tie and fastener of the type described comprising a tie having a recess formed therein and a rail supported on the tie above said recess, rail engaging clamps slidably and interlockingly mounted in said recess, rack bar extensions carried by said rail engaging clamps lying in spaced overlapped relations adjacent the opposite Walls of the recess, a pinion journaled in said tie in engagement with said rack bars for shifting the rack bars and the rail engaging clamps carried thereby for engagement with the rail, means carried by said tie engaging said pinion for holding the rail engaging clamps in locked position, and an anchoring block interlocked With the tie engaging the outer face of a rail engaging clamp.

8. A rail tie and fastener of the type described comprising a tie having a recess formed therein and a rail supported on the tie above said recess, rail engaging clamps slidably and interlockingly mounted in said recess, rack bar extensions carried by said rail engaging clamps lying in spaced overlapped relations adjacent the opposite Walls of the recess, a pinion journaled in said tie in engagement with said rack bars for shifting the rack bars and the rail engaging clamps carried thereby for engagement with the rail and a latch carried by said tie engaging said pinion to hold the same against movement with the rail engaging clamps in locked position, and an anchoring block interlocked with the tie engaging the outer face of a rail engaging clamp.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

STIVE MALICZISKI.

Witnesses: f Y

JOHN WALL,

CAROLINE WALL. 

